Natural Fostering in Fritillaria cirrhosa: Integrating herbal medicine production with biodiversity conservation  

作　　者：Xiwen Li Jingyuan Song Jianhe Wei Zhigang Hu Caixiang Xie Guoan Luo 

机构地区：[1]Department of Chemistry,Tsinghua University,Beijing 100084,China [2]Institute of Medicinal Plant Development,Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College,Beijing 100193,China [3]College of Pharmacy,Hubei University of Chinese Medicine,Wuhan 430065,China

出　　处：《Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica B》2012年第1期77-82,共6页药学学报（英文版）

基　　金：The study was funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.30572324 and 81130069).

摘　　要：Protected areas are generally regarded as a power tool to conserve biodiversity.Nonetheless,few protected areas could address three crucial problems simultaneously,namely funding,public participation and rural living.Here,we introduced a new protective approach,Natural Fostering,which integrated herbal medicine production with community conservation.The principles of Natural Fostering adopted species–species interaction at community level.Most effective chemical components of herbal medicine are derived from such interaction.Fritillaria cirrhosa was selected as an economic botany,one of herbal medicines,to carry out Natural Fostering.Community habitats,herbal medicine production,funding and income of local family were investigated to verify the feasibility of Natural Fostering for biodiversity.We found the density of plant populations and the annual average personal income of rural people increased.F.cirrhosa production could provide sufficient funds for sustainable conservation.Local people gradually changed their life style of wild collection and overgrazing,instead of herbal medicine production.The fostering area set up a good sustainable economic cycle.Natural Fostering can be presented as an effective and pragmatic way to conserve biological diversity and sustainable utilization of traditional medicinal resources.

关 键 词：Protected areas Community conservation REINTRODUCTION Herbal medicine Fritillaria cirrhosa 

分 类 号：F42[经济管理—产业经济]